Quashing of ex parte assessment order with remand and conditional pre-deposit; bank attachment vacated upon compliance

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....Quashing of ex parte assessment order and remand for fresh adjudication on merits subject to a pre-deposit regime is directed; HC requires the assessee to deposit between 25% and 100% of disputed tax depending on delay, with the present case requiring one-third as pre-deposit, and mandates vacation of bank attachment upon compliance. Prior payments or recoveries shall be set off against the pre-deposit. Failure to comply permits the revenue to resume recovery proceedings as if the petition were dismissed. Writ petition disposed accordingly.....